252 _____________ Mun. Ent. Zool. Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2013___________ SUBSTITUTE NAMES FOR THREE PREOCCUPIED GENERIC NAMES IN GASTROPODA Hüseyin Özdikmen* * Gazi Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Biyoloji Bölümü, 06500 Ankara / TÜRKİYE. E- mail:
[email protected] [Özdikmen, H. 2013. Substitute names for three preoccupied generic names in Gastropoda. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 8 (1): 252-256] ABSTRACT: Three proposed genus names in Gastropoda are nomenclaturally invalid, as the genus group names have already been used by different authors in Lepidoptera, Brachiopoda and Diptera respectively. In accordance with Article 60 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, I propose substitute names for these genus names. KEY WORDS: Replacement names, Herbertina, Lowenstamia, Mesophora, Criophora, Gastropoda. Family CALLIOSTOMATIDAE Subfamily THYSANODONTINAE Genus BRUCEINA nom. nov. Herbertina Marshall, 1988. J. Molluscan Stud., 54 (2): 223. (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Trochoidea: Calliostomatidae: Thysanodontinae). Preoccupied by Herbertina Schaus, 1901. Trans. ent. Soc. London, 1901, 329. (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae). Remarks on nomenclatural change: The neotropical monotypic genus Herbertina was erected by Schaus (1901) with the type species Lophopteryx eumeta Druce , 1900 by monotypy from Sierra del Libano (Colombia). It is still used as a valid genus name in Lepidoptera. Subsequently, the gastropod genus Herbertina was described by Marshall (1988) with the type species Herbertina eos Marshall, 1988 by original designation from South Africa. Also, it is still used as a valid genus name in Gastropoda. Thus the genus Herbertina Marshall, 1988 is a junior homonym of the valid genus name Herbertina Schaus, 1901. So I propose here that Herbertina Marshall, 1988 should be replaced with the new name Bruceina, as a replacement name.